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Elements of Drama
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Act | a division within a play, much like chapters of a novel. |
| aside | lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience |
| cast of characters | a list of characters presented before the action begins |
| chorus | a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play |
| comedy | a humorous work of drama |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| drama | a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience |
| foil | a character who is nearly opposite of another character; the purpose of a foil (or character foil) is to reveal a stark contrast between the two characters, often the protagonist and antagonist. |
| monologue | a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience |
| scene | a division of an act into smaller parts |
| soliloquy | thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone. |
| stage directions | italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information; in Shakespeare's plays,stage directions can also appear in brackets, parenthesis, and /or half-brackets. |
| tradgedy | a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of hi own actions |
| tragic hero | a protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his dmise |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. |
| allusion | a literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history or literature. |
| blank verse | non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are written in this form, which is very close to normal speech rhythms. |
| comic relief | in a tragedy, a break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy or silliness |
| double entendre | a word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually when the second meaning is risque. |
| dramatic irony | when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know. |
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